As a general rule the amount of concern I have regarding celebrity break-ups can be measured in micro give-a-damns. But when one of the celebrities involved is the starting QB of my favorite pro team the meter actually registers enough for me to form an opinion or two on the subject.
According to the journalistic authority known as 'Us' magazine the celebrity duo of Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson have called it quits. It appears they broke up on the eve of Jessica's 29th birthday party which was to have a "Barbie & Ken" theme. Hmm...I wonder if that could have had anything to do with it? Tony is 30 years old and his 29 year old girlfriend was having a "Barbie" themed party. Don't girls usually grow out of that sort of thing around the age of ten or eleven? I realize that a celebrity like Jessica doesn't live in the same reality as the rest of us but couldn't she have come up with a better idea than that for an adult birthday party? I would imagine that the morning of the party Tony Romo woke up and looked in the mirror and said to himself, "I just can't go through with dressing up like a Ken doll and having that picture in the tabloids and then reporting to NFL training camp."
Romo is a college graduate and from everything I read about him he's very intelligent. Jessica seems to be a genuinely sweet girl and she's drop-dead gorgeous but, God bless her, she doesn't appear to be the brightest penny in the jar. According to "sources" this break-up was a long time coming. Apparently the couple went from one argument to another without a break in between. And the source also said, "With Jessica it's always something." And that right there was probably the crux of the problem. I'd be willing to bet Jessica is VERY high maintenance. She probably had to be attached to him at all times. And when they weren't together she was probably sending him text messages that read, "Miss you. Miss me?" And he probably had to explain to her on more than one occasion why he couldn't talk to her during a game.
So I guess there is some truth to the old saying, "No matter how pretty she is some one, some where is tired of putting up with her crap." I just hope that now with one less distraction on his mind Tony can concentrate on football a little more. At times during his career here in Dallas he's seemed more interested in the fame associated with being the Cowboys QB than actually being the Cowboys QB. If you're going to be a success at this level and take your team all the way to the Super Bowl you've got to have a one track mind and the only item on that track has to be football. Now if he would just assign a little less importance to trying to qualify for the Byron Nelson or the US Open he probably could take the Cowboys to the next level. Or at least win a playoff game. There will be plenty of time for Tony to play golf when he retires. Right now the one and only thing that matters is winning football games.
Ahhh - the sweet taste of Carolina Honey's - now that brings back memories. I can still taste them. (Maybe I should wash my beard occasionally.) Mr Tony sure can cook some ribs. Oh, wrong Tony Roma? Nevermind.
ReplyDeleteHemingway, I have perused said gossip rag before, and am proud to say that I recognize fewer than 25% of the people featured. My hope is that over time that number will diminish significantly. As Martha would say, "That's a good thing." Then again, maybe it's because most of the celebutantes and their "beau of the week" are less than half my age. That's not such a good thing.
Speaking of gossip rags, the one I miss the most is the Weekly World News, and their Freak of the Week. Now, there was a missed career opportunity. Stalking Bat Boy's cave for the ever elusive Bat Boy photos. The page 5 girl, on the other hand, was always a sweet "girl next door" type.
What a quintessential stroll down memory lane this blog has provided. Thank you, kind sir.
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